{"id":44,"date":"2012-07-25T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katherinegrainger.phpfogapp.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:40:33","slug":"dame-katherine-grainger-dbe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Baroness Katherine Grainger DBE"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div>With Olympic silver at Rio 2016, gold at London 2012 to add to her silver medals from Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004, and Beijing in 2008, as well as six world championships titles in her collection, Katherine is the first British woman to win her five medals at five successive games.<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cGreat sporting performances are what get us out of the bed in the morning\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\" class=\"wp-image-3700\" src=\"http:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/88EBE038-CE35-4A07-8D9C-AFA498F8E8BC-1020x680.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/88EBE038-CE35-4A07-8D9C-AFA498F8E8BC-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/88EBE038-CE35-4A07-8D9C-AFA498F8E8BC-632x421.jpeg 632w, https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/88EBE038-CE35-4A07-8D9C-AFA498F8E8BC-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/88EBE038-CE35-4A07-8D9C-AFA498F8E8BC.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">28 November 2024 &#8211; Meet the new Chair of the British Olympic Association<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWith Olympic silver at Rio 2016, gold at London 2012 to add&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Baroness Katherine Grainger DBE&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/katherinegrainger.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Baroness Katherine Grainger DBE&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template\/_fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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